Combined windshield wiper and heater



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COMBINED WINDSHIELD WIPER AND HEATER May 24, 1932.

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COMBINED wINDsHIELD'wIPER AND HEATER Filed May 25, 195o 2 sheets-sheet 2 INVENTOR BY @afm wnNEss: ATTORNEY Patented May 24, 1932 ALPHONSE c. GENTIL, oF EioHMoNn,.v1RGIN;IA

COMBINED WINDSHIELD WIPEE AND HEATEEl l.

Application med May 23, 1930. serial No. 455,055.

This invention relates to a combined windshield wiper and heater, the general object of the invention being to support the wiper at the front of the windshield and the heater in rear thereof, the two members being in alignment with each other, with means fory 4operating' both members simultaneously or either member alone. 1

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure lis a vertical sectional view through the windshield and 'through the operating means of the device.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Figure l. l v

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a section on line 4 4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a section on line 5 5 of Figure 1. I

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5, but showing the parts in a different position.

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 5, but showing the parts in still another position.

Figure 8 is a View of the slotted tubular member.

Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure l, but showing a modification.

Figure 10 is a section on line.10 10 of Figure 9. K

In these views, the numeral 10 indicates a tubular supporting member having its front end passing through the top part of the frame-A ofthe windshieldB and the lower part of the housing l1 for the motor of the wiper is connected with the rear part of this member. A tubular member 12 is supported for sliding movement in the member 10 and a shaft 1 3 passes through the member 12 and the arm 14 which carries the wiper element 15 is fastened to the front end of this shaft.` The usual handle 16 is fastened 'to the rear' end ofthe shaft. This shaft is slidably'arranged in the member 12. The member "12j is formed with the diagonally arrangedslots 17 and 18, each slot extending through'the front end of the member and the lower slot 18 is of much less length than the upper slot. A. notch 18 is formed in the member 12, intermediate its ends, and opens into the slot 17 A handle 19 is removably fastened'to therearl end of the member 12 so that it can be moved longitudinally in the'l-member 10.`

The-operating part20 ofthe motor has a projection 21 at its lower end which lits'in the rear part of the slot'17 so that the rocking movement of this member 20 isimpartedto' the member 12 and the front portion of the shaft 13 carries "a plate-like projection 22 which is adapted to' engagethe front ends'lm of the slots 17 and'- 18 when the-member i12` is pushed forwardly, asshown 'inFigures 1" and 5, so that the rocking movement ofthe member 12, undertheinluence of themem 1 ber 20, will be impartedfto the shaft'and thusfju the Wiper element will be oscillated over-the' #"1 transparent member B,v Howevenwhenthe member 12 is moved outwardly to thef'gposition it occupies in Figure '7, lthe''p'roj'ectio'n22 o will be out of enga ementwith the lslots- 17 "8 and 18 so that the s aftfwill not be rocked by the movement 'of the member 12 andthere-V fore the wiper element willv 'not be oscillated'i,

A heater elementv 23 :has an arm,24""cw`o1'1-` lr nected with its upper end'and this arm issy formed with a ring 25 aty its top which is seated in an annular lrecess'26v formed in the interior of the supporting member' 10 and the lower part of the recessed` portion isciitk away, as at 27 so asl tof'perinit tl1`e`ar`rn24j oscillate. The ring "25ifs`urrounds* the tub lar member 12 and heisa-projection L281th p on which lits in the slot17 of the!'rriernbe4 12 Thus the arm 24 andthe heating-ele will be oscillatecl"whenitlfe` projecti located in the slot 17 ,i butfwh u p he.` 12 is inits forward pbsitio th iiotc will be in alignmentwith 'th as shown in Figures 1f'3fan member 12 will oscillat ithout arm 24.v Thus the heating element will not vbe moved when the parts are in this position,

' the heating element will move with the wiper element. When the member 12 1s moved rearwardly to its full extent, the projection 28 will still engage the slot 17, but the projection 22 will be out of engagement with the member 12, as shown in Flgure 7, so that in this case the wiper element will remam idle while the heater element oscillates. A de- Y tent 29, carried by the supporting member 10, is adapted to engage any one 0f three re- 4 cesses 30 in the member 12 to hold the said before described.

member 12 in either one of its three positions.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided means whereby the heating element can be made to move with the wiper element or eitherthe heating element or the wiper element can be made to move alone. This is done by moving the member 12 longi tudially through means of its handle 19. The parts are so arranged that the heating element parallels the member 15 when the two members are moving together.

In the modification shown in Figures 9 and 10, the tubular member 12 is omitted and the shaft 13- is formed with the grooves 17 and the recesses 18" forreceiving the rojections. Thus in one position of the 13', both the wiper element and heater element will move in unison, in another position, the wiper will be moved alone and in a third position, the wiper will remain idle as the heater element oscillates. In other respects, this form of the invention is 'similar to that It is thought from the foregoin description that the advantages and nove features ofthe invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts,

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one of the slots, and a lug on the heater arm to engage in said slot durlng one of the positions .of the sleeve to oscillate the heater and to operate in said Anotch when said sleeve occupies one of its other positions.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

ALPHONSE C. GENTIL.

I provided that such changes fall within the v scope of the appended claim.

A combined windshield wiper and heater comprising a hollow supporting member, a heater arm journalled in said member, a heater secured to the' arm, a slidable' sleeve journalled in said member and havin oppositely disposed slots o ening outwarc i journalled in the sleeve, a wiper securedto said shaft, means for oscillating the sleeve, means whereby said sleeve may be moved endwise to occupy sevvof eral positions, means to hold the'sleeve in any of its positions, projections on'th'e shaft to fit in sald slots during one osition of the sleeve to cause oscillation of t e wiper, said sleeve having a notch communicatmgwith 

